You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

We will paste upon the curled pages words Like charming and romantic and sentimental Forgetting that charming is witchcraft Romantic is love And sentiment is what makes us human

Once upon a time is now.

I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.

I do not have OCD OCD OCD.

Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears.

I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.